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Business Mogul And Third Eye Newspaper Publisher, Chief Akanni Aluko Dies At 78

A source close to the family told SaharaReporters that Aluko died on Friday, July 1 at the University College Hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Chief Akanni Aluko, an entrepreneur and publisher of the defunct Third Eye Newspaper has passed on.

A source close to the family told SaharaReporters that Aluko died on Friday, July 1 at the University College Hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. 

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The 78-year-old entrepreneur was said to have been battling an undisclosed ailment for some time. 

Aluko was the Chairman of Island Club and High Chief in Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria.

He was a geologist and the only child of Mrs Adedoja Aluko from Ogbomoso, Oyo State.